The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 178: In This Life, He Wants No One But Ruan Ruan
"How about I accompany Ruan Ruan to have a look?"
He wanted to see what kind of people this so-called Rose Union truly comprised.
No wonder Ruan Ruan was willing to marry him initially; she took him for a substitute.
Substitute. Lu Shinian mulled over these two words in his heart, feeling as if it were being sliced bit by bit with a knife, bleeding profusely.
Su Ruan frowned slightly, her intuition told her there seemed to be some misunderstanding involved.
But she recalled for quite a while, neither in her past life nor this one did she have any contact with this Rose Union; she had never even heard of such a union.
Yet Lu Shinian behaved as though he was certain she knew someone involved, why?
Thinking of this, Su Ruan proactively wrapped her arms around Lu Shinian’s neck and, with a hint of coquettishness, said, "Brother Lu, I don’t like listening to speeches either. Can we not go?"
With that ability, she’d rather go train.
Lu Shinian squinted slightly, staring at her small face as if trying to find traces of lying on it.
But her expression was calm, those eyes clear and bright, reflecting his figure.
Su Ruan confidently faced Lu Shinian’s scrutiny, seeing him remain silent, she simply leaned in and lightly pecked at the corner of his lips. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"Even if I listen to a speech, I’ll only listen to Brother Lu’s."
Lu Shinian’s Adam’s apple bobbed, he clasped Su Ruan’s head, leaned forward, and his lips fell on hers, gradually deepening the kiss.
His kiss carried familiar dominance and forcefulness, as if he wanted to consume her whole.
Under such a powerful and lingering kiss, Su Ruan had almost no time to think about anything else.
In a trance, she only heard Lu Shinian whispering softly and breathlessly in her ear.
"Be good, let’s go on Saturday."
Su Ruan whimpered softly and agreed.
Lu Shinian gently touched Su Ruan’s cheek, his eyes flickering with almost ruthless darkness.
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Inside the secret base of the Lion Star Thief Group on Central Star.
Su Hu fiddled with the military badge he found from Tianhe Star, he investigated some information but couldn’t find the rightful owner of this badge.
The only certainty was, this badge definitely wasn’t Lu Shinian’s!
As for why he was so sure, ask because it was based on a lion’s intuition!
Su Hu was extremely confident in his intuition; after all, it was relying on his intuition that he had escaped from Lu Shinian’s subordinates several times.
Su Hu, who was always very confident in his strength, never doubted that his escape was a result of Lu Shinian intentionally letting him go.
He confidently believed it was his skillful operation and calm prediction under danger, along with the intuition at the moment when danger arose that allowed him to escape.
Because of this, Su Hu was very certain the military badge wasn’t Lu Shinian’s.
Unfortunately, the strategist Ye Qing, who was always by his side, had gone to handle a problem with a certain mineral vein and wasn’t there to stop or remind Su Hu that his so-called intuition had a bit of a flaw.
Because of this, Su Hu firmly believed his sister used Lu Shinian as a substitute.
Su Hu further exercised his brain, thinking deeper.
Given Lu Shinian’s temperament, if he found out he was a substitute, he would definitely lock his sister in a black room.
For his sister’s happiness, Su Hu decided...
To hide this military badge somewhere no one could ever find!
Thus, Su Hu sneaked into the Imperial Palace.
The Imperial Palace only housed Your Majesty, who rarely shows himself throughout the year; Su Hu quietly buried the badge under a tree in the garden, ensuring no one would discover it.
After all, Your Majesty isn’t idle enough to dig around a tree, and as for others, it’s even more impossible.
After hiding it, Su Hu couldn’t help but clap for his cleverness.
"Hiding things, I’m good at it!"
He lamented, clapped his hands, and quickly left the Imperial Palace.
That military badge engraved with "S" should remain buried forever!
Unbeknownst to Su Hu, after he left, Your Majesty, who visits the tree planted personally by his beloved every day, noticed traces of turned soil.
Your Majesty frowned slightly, squatted down, and began to dig the soil bit by bit.
Soon, he saw the military badge that Su Hu attempted to hide.
With faint light, Your Majesty noticed the engraving on its inner side, and his pupils suddenly contracted; a surge of joy emerged in those slightly turbid eyes.
"You... you’re still alive, aren’t you?"
He looked around in confusion, clutching the badge tightly, trying to find that familiar figure.
But surrounding him was emptiness, nothing at all.
Your Majesty slowly clenched the badge, speaking in a deep voice, "Go invite Commander Lu Shinian."
At this moment, Your Majesty finally revealed a trace of authoritarian majesty that belonged to him.
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In Lu Villa, Your Majesty’s summon was swift and urgent.
Lu Shinian glanced at the time and whispered to teary-eyed Su Ruan, "Ruan Ruan, be a good girl and wait at home, I’ll be back soon."
Su Ruan nodded, tears at her corner of her eyes.
His Majesty’s summon couldn’t be better timed, or her lips would surely be more swollen than sausages by tomorrow.
Lu Shinian hurriedly arrived at the Imperial Palace.
Your Majesty had long been waiting in the council chamber and upon seeing him, quickly walked up with urgency.
"Your mother isn’t dead, is she?"
Lu Shinian frowned, "She’s dead."
He watched her die with his own eyes.
"No, impossible!" Your Majesty opened his palm, revealing the thoroughly cleaned military badge. Its edges had reddened his palm from forceful gripping.
Lu Shinian paused slightly upon seeing the badge.
Wasn’t this badge the one he gave to Ruan Ruan? How did it end up here?
"Your mother once said, ’As long as the badge is here, she’s here.’"
"She must still be alive!"
Lu Shinian scoffed, "You’re just deceiving yourself."
"No! Impossible!" Your Majesty denied, "Absolutely impossible!"
Lu Shinian didn’t want to reason with him, he directly snatched the badge.
His fingers lightly traced the single letter "S" engraved inside the badge, recalling his mother’s words before she died.
[Xiao Nian, this badge was given to me by a friend. We promised that if she ever had a daughter, we’d become allied in-laws. You must keep it safe.]
Lu Shinian’s fingers paused slightly, his eyes flickered.
In-laws?
In this life, except for Ruan Ruan, he wanted no one else.
If it weren’t for this badge being the only relic his mother left him, he wouldn’t have kept it.
Yet he distinctly remembered, before leaving Musse Star, he had given this badge to Ruan Ruan. How did it end up in Your Majesty’s hands?
